Extending java.net.Socket

[DC200]

I'm trying to extend the Socket class to add two new methods, getName and setName, so that I can associate names with each socket. Everything compiles fine, but I get a client-side runtime error while attempting to connect to the server.

The problem occurs when ServerSocket.accept() returns a Socket for the connecting client, which I then have to downcast to my extended Socket class (called User) in the line "User client = (User) ss.accept();", where "ss" is the ServerSocket. I'm assuming that the Socket object isn't being cast into a User properly, causing the client to remain disconnected and throw the "socket not connected" error when it tries to establish I/O streams.

Is there any way I can fix this?

[Norm]

Socket object isn't being cast into a User

You can't cast the value returned by accept() to your class. It is a Socket not a User object.
OTMH Could you pass the Socket returned by accept() to the constructor of your class?

[DC200]

Only if that would allow me to perform the inherited Socket methods on a User object. The current User constructor simply calls to super(), so I just want a User object to be a Socket with two new methods that get and set a string (see code below).

public class User extends Socket {

   String name;

   public User(String host, int port) {
      super();
   }

   public void setName(String name) {
      this.name = name;
   }

   public String getName() {
      return name;
   }

}

If I create a constructor which takes in a Socket, wouldn't I have to abandon super() and create a third method through which I would have to access the Socket? i.e. User.getSocket().getRemoteSocketAddress()?

[Norm]

Or extend ServerSocket to have accept() return a User object.